Abstract:

In order for people to be aware of the conservation of historical structures and spaces, their awareness of this is to be established and developed from childhood. In this framework, topics related to cultural assets in Turkey are included in the primary education program. The social knowledge lesson also serves as a bridge that transmits the treasure of civilization to young people between the past and today. The social knowledge course emphasizes the field of cultural and cultural heritage, especially in the field of cultural heritage learning, puts the goal of creating cultural awareness through the movement from cultural elements in the forefront. In this direction, the research is aimed at identifying the perceptions of the concept of cultural heritage in the framework of the Social Information course of primary school 4th grade students. The purpose of the research is to design the method as an indicative analysis. The research work group consists of 4th-class students who are studying in a state school located in Istanbul or Gaziosmanpaşa district in the 2018-2019 educational year. Typical status sampling was used to identify the students involved in the study. Students were asked to draw pictures to learn their perceptions of cultural heritage and then interviews with students to tell them what they have depicted about their paintings. The students' drawings are analyzed by C. S. Peirce's analysis model from the indicative analysis techniques. As a result, students’ perceptions of cultural heritage are often formed in the form of material (substantial) cultural heritage items such as museums, houses, paintings, as well as their perceptions of spiritual (soyut) cultural heritage items such as holidays, weddings, traditions.

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